"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something."

The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.

"I don't think limits."

I'm not a businessman; I'm a business, man.

In refining, efficiency isn't an option—it's the oxygen that keeps this industry alive.